Western Saluan
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Western Saluan is a regional dialect variety of the Saluan language spoken by Saluan communities in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Saluan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22933739 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Saluan Context triple: [Saluan, hasDialects, Western Saluan]
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A.
Southern Pomo
Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.
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B.
Western Rarámuri
Western Rarámuri is a principal regional variety of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) language spoken by Indigenous communities in the Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico.
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C.
Northern Salinan
Northern Salinan refers to the northern group of the Salinan people, an Indigenous community of central California historically associated with the northern dialect of the Salinan language.
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D.
Western Keres
Western Keres is a Keresan Puebloan language spoken by the Keres people of western New Mexico.
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E.
Southern Tiwa
Southern Tiwa is a Tanoan Tiwa language variety traditionally spoken by the Southern Tiwa people of New Mexico in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Saluan Target entity description: Western Saluan is a regional dialect variety of the Saluan language spoken by Saluan communities in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Southern Pomo
Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.
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B.
Western Rarámuri
Western Rarámuri is a principal regional variety of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) language spoken by Indigenous communities in the Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico.
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C.
Northern Salinan
Northern Salinan refers to the northern group of the Salinan people, an Indigenous community of central California historically associated with the northern dialect of the Salinan language.
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D.
Western Keres
Western Keres is a Keresan Puebloan language spoken by the Keres people of western New Mexico.
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E.
Southern Tiwa
Southern Tiwa is a Tanoan Tiwa language variety traditionally spoken by the Southern Tiwa people of New Mexico in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.